MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax's flagship hybrid lightning-attention model. 1M-token context with strong Chinese coverage and competitive frontier pricing.
MiniMax M2.1 is a frontier AI model from MiniMax. It costs $0.300 per million input tokens and $1.200 per million output tokens (blended $0.570/M), with a 204,800-token context window.
Profile inherited from upstream MiniMax-Text-01 (M2 generation) ↗ — this is a hosted variant of the same open-weights model.
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- 1M context
- Lightning attention (linear-time)
- Chinese-tuned
- Competitive frontier quality
- Long Chinese document RAG
- Cheap long-context inference
- Multilingual chat
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2 recorded changes| Date | Rate | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | Input | $0.290 | $0.300 | +3.4% |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Output | $0.950 | $1.200 | +26% |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does MiniMax M2.1 cost?
MiniMax M2.1 costs $0.300 per million input tokens and $1.200 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.570 per million tokens.
What is MiniMax M2.1's context window?
MiniMax M2.1 supports up to 204,800 tokens of context in a single request.
What is MiniMax M2.1 best for?
MiniMax M2.1 is well suited to 1M context, Lightning attention (linear-time) and Chinese-tuned.
Who makes MiniMax M2.1?
MiniMax M2.1 is developed and served by MiniMax. It was released in Jan 2025.